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Rarely-heard songs cut from some of the world’s most beloved musicals such as The King and I and Annie Get Your Gun are set to be performed in public for the first time thanks to researchers at the University of Sheffield.

Dr Sarah Price and Professor Stephanie Pitts from the University of Sheffield's Department of Music discuss why going to the theatre and engaging with the arts could be the best new year's resolution you make for 2019.

Researchers from across the University of Sheffield are set to combine their expertise in order to help tackle the billions of tons of plastic waste around the world as part of a pioneering new project.

An exhibition which shines new light on peace protests that swept across Southern Europe in response to the nuclear arms race of the late 1970s and 1980s has been launched by a historian from the University of Sheffield.

A new legal inquiry calling for urgent reforms to international law to protect millions of children trapped in war zones is launching today (2 November 2018) with the help of a historian from the University of Sheffield.

When the statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett was unveiled in Parliament Square earlier this year, it became the first representation of a woman in the city’s seat of power. Historian Professor Julie Gottlieb from the University of Sheffield made the statue possible helping to carve a place in history for women who fought for the right to vote.

Nestled in the heart of the English countryside is a house steeped in history. With its picturesque estate, filled with beautiful flowerbeds, waterworks and sculptures, illustrating nearly 500 years of changing styles, Chatsworth is believed to have inspired one of the world’s most-loved writers, Jane Austen.

New insights into women’s struggle for the right to vote are set to be unveiled as part of a series of events in Sheffield this week (9-16 October 2018), thanks to a historian from the University of Sheffield.

The rising popularity of women's football has given the sport the power to tackle gender issues right across society - especially in football mad countries like Brazil - according to a Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Sheffield.